AFB Practice Roundtable: Navigating Regulatory Change – Basel 3.1 Implementation from Rulebook to Reality

Keeping pace with regulatory change is increasingly complex for international banks. For Basel 3.1 implementation, international firms are simultaneously navigating evolving supervisory expectations and differing regulatory timelines across multiple jurisdictions.

For UK subsidiaries, there is an additional challenge: translating UK regulatory requirements into practical implementation while operating within a wider global banking group, often with shared data, systems, technology, models and governance.

This in-person roundtable, facilitated by BM&A Advisory & RegTech and hosted by member firm DNB, offers an opportunity to explore how peers are responding to these challenges in practice.

This roundtable will use Basel 3.1 implementation as a live, active case study. It will explore how firms are responding in practice, in real time, to regulatory reporting impacts, data, technology, resourcing, and the challenges of managing overlapping regulatory programmes across global operations. Basel 3.1 implementation offers a timely lens to view the practical realities firms are grappling with, and the lessons emerging can be applied more broadly to how firms manage the next wave of regulatory change.

With thanks to member bank DNB for hosting.

Why attend?

This roundtable will focus on:

• Basel 3.1 implementation: where firms are, what has proved challenging and the practical implications for Finance, Risk, and Regulatory Reporting
• UK versus global requirements: how subsidiaries balance UK regulatory expectations with group policies, systems, models and priorities
• Regulatory reporting and data: whether firms are building sustainable reporting capabilities or continuing to respond to regulatory change on a programme-by-programme basis
• Managing competing priorities: how firms can prioritise multiple regulatory programmes and manage dependencies for scarce Finance, Risk, Data and Technology resources
• Looking ahead: What lessons from Basel 3.1 can be applied to the next wave of regulatory change

AFB will circulate an agenda and a series of discussion points and questions in advance to those registered to attend.

The capacity for this roundtable is limited to 30 members, one person per member bank.  This ensures as many firms as possible can benefit from the discussions.  Please book early to avoid disappointment.

Who should attend?

This roundtable is aimed at those working in Compliance, Risk and Operations.

Facilitators

Jawad Akhtar is the Head of Consulting at BM&A Advisory and RegTech, a seasoned financial services and technology leader with over 20 years’ experience across regulatory reporting, accounting, and reg software product management.

Deep industry experience from senior regulatory roles across multiple international banks with a strong track record of translating complex regulatory requirements into scalable, practical outcomes. Brings a blend of advisory, delivery, and product leadership, alongside active contribution to the regulatory community through industry forums, mentoring, and thought leadership. From a background in banking and reg software, Jawad sits at the intersection of regulation and technology, with deep understanding of article references, data dictionaries and software solutions.

Courtney Parker is a Senior Consultant at BM&A Advisory & RegTech, specialising in regulatory reporting and prudential regulation for banks and investment firms. With nearly a decade of experience across consulting and audit, Courtney is known for translating complex regulatory frameworks into clear, actionable insight, helping firms strengthen reporting quality, governance and regulatory readiness.

Courtney has supported a broad range of banks, building societies and investment firms in navigating increasingly complex prudential regimes. Courtney is a Subject Matter Expert in Capital and COREP reporting under EU CRD/CRR3 and PRA/FCA Basel 3.1, with deep expertise across capital and liquidity, IFPR implementation, ICAAP and ILAAP. Courtney has led and reviewed numerous COREP, FINREP, IFPR and Bank of England statistical returns, helping firms move beyond technical compliance to improve data quality, internal controls, governance and regulatory confidence.

Please note you will receive confirmation of your booking via email within 24 hours. Should you not receive a confirmation, please contact AFB to double-check if your booking was successful.

Logistics

Fee: Included in AFB membership

Location: DNB Bank, 8th Floor, The Walbrook Building, 25 Walbrook, EC4N 8AF

Date: Thursday 8 October 2026

Time: 09:00 – 10:30 (Registration, networking and refreshments 08:30 – 09:00)

If you would like to submit a question before or have any areas that you would like the session to address, please send them to the AFB at secretariat@foreignbanks.org.uk.

You will receive final event details a week before the event.

Please note that you will only be deemed to have attended (for CPD points) if you have made yourself known at registration and attend 50% or more of the session.